Cycling for climate
Copenhaguen – Odense – Bremen – Köln – Aachen – Brussels – Namur – Paris
Departure from Paris on sunday, july 05, 2015
This European ride will be part of a general movement for the success of The United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP21 , which will take place in Paris as of the 30 of November 2015. CyclotransEurope has taken a number of initiatives to inform and sensitize people on alternative projects.
– A bicycle ride “Cycling for Climate” Copenhagen-Brussels-Paris on Eurovelo3, involving groups of children and teen-agers
– Inauguration of the Climate Change Conference with a bike meeting in Le Bourget on November 30
– Creation of a cycle route between Paris and the seat of the COP21 Conference in Le Bourget, to last until the end of the conference, with COP21 marks all along the route.
– Stand in the village of civil society in the COP21, with a conference on the place of bikes in the fight against climate change.
– Meetings, press conferences,activities of different kinds…
This long bike ride will be a touristic, cultural, ecological and family adventure.
The route to be followed will be mostly the “Eurovélo3”, including small roads, forest lanes, towpaths , green ways… with the constant pleasure of cycling away from the road traffic.
Our Trans-European rides are friendly, open to all, children, adults of all ages. They follow green paths, quiet roads, away from the traffic.
A la carte participation : you join us for the number of days you wish, and choose the kind of accomodation you like : hotels, inns, holiday cottages, or campsite. These rides offer new way of travelling, respectful of the environment.
From Copenhagen, the ride will lead the “Eurovelo3″ route to the west, follow the veloroute until Namur and then, by a short diversion, Brussels, the European Capital. The ride met again the veloroute at Maubeuge and follow the route until Paris.
To register to the ride, please return the registration form filled.Inside, you will find lot of usefull information about the ride.
By clicking on the stages on the image above or on the links below you can get more detailed information (distance, transport, lodging, tourism, …).
- sunday, july 05 – Departure by bus with bicycle trailer from Paris to Copenhagen with stops at Lille and Brussels
- monday, july 06 : arrival at Copenhagen at 14:00
Danemark
- tuesday 7 july – Copenhague
- wednesday, july 08 – Departure from Copenhagen to Odense
- thursday, july 09 – Fredericia
- friday, july 10 – Haderslev
- saturday, july 11 – Padborg
Germany
- sunday, 12 july – Schleswig
- monday, july 13 – Neumünster
- tuesday, july 14 – Glückstadt
- wednesday, july 15 – Hamburg
- thursday, july 16 – Hamburg – rest day
- friday, july 17 – Gyhum
- saturday, july 18
- bus with bicycle trailer from Paris to Bremen with stops at Lille and Brussels
- Arrival of the ride in Bremen
- sunday 19 july
- at 10:00 am – bus with bicycle trailer from Bremen to Paris with stops at Brussels and Lille
- Bremen – rest day
- monday, july 20 – Damme
- tuesday, july 21 – Onasbruck
- wednesday, july 22 – Münster
- thursday, july 23 – Haltern
- friday, july 24 – Mülheim an der Ruhr
- saturday, july 25- Mülheim an der Ruhr – rest day
- sunday, july 26 – Dusseldorf
- monday, july 27 – Köln
- tuesday, july 28 – Bonn
- wednesday, july 29 – Euskirchen
- thursday, july 30 – Nideggen-Schmidt
- friday, july 31 – Aachen
Belgium
- saturday, august 01 – Liège
- sunday, august 02 – Namur/Floreffe
- monday, august 03 – Common arrival with Alternatiba at Bruxelles
- tuesday, august 04 – Bruxelles – rest day
France
- wednesday, august 05 – Maubeuge
- thursday, august 06 – Hirson
- friday, august07 – Guise
- saturday, august 08 – Chauny
- sunday, august 09 – Compiègne
- monday, august 10 – Senlis
- tuesday, august 11 – Claye-Souilly
- wednesday, august 12– Triumphant arrival in Paris
For some long distance stages, it will be possible to take the train.
Paris – Lille – Brussels – Copenhagen bus on july 05, 2015
Departure from Paris (Place de Catalogne – 75014 (near Montparnasse station)) at 06:00 pm
Arrival to Lille-Europe train station at 08:45 pm. Departure at 09:45 pm
Arrival to Brussels-midi train station at 11:30 pm. Departure at 00:30 am
Arrival at Copenhagen on july 06 at 14:00 pm.
Bus with reclining seats.
Paris – Lille – Bruxelles – Bremen bus on july 18, 2015Departure from Paris (Place de Catalogne – 75014 (near Montparnasse station)) at 09:00 am. Appointement at 08:00 am.
Arrival at Lille-Europe train station at 12:00 am. Departure at 00:30 pm
Arrival at Brussels-midi train station at 02:00 pm. Departure at 03:00 pm
Arrival at Bremen (Youth hostel and camping) at 10:00 pm.
Bus with reclining seats.
Bremen – Bruxelles – Lille – Paris bus on july 19, 2015
Departure from Bremen (Camping of Bremen and then from the youth hostel) at 10:00 am
Arrival in Brussels-midi train station at 05:30 pm
Arrival in Lille-Europe train station at 07:00 pm
Arrival in Paris at 09:30 pm.
Bus with reclining seats.
Download:
– the 4 pages flyer with itinerary and stages
– the poster of the ride (A4 format)
– the itinerary with dates and stages (A4 format)
How many kilometres between the stages. Am coming from Australia
35 kms for the shortest stage and 80 kms for the longest.
For some long distance stages, it will be possible to take the train.